Improved carpet



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DAVID HIRSICIIBERHG, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Lette/rs Patent No. 96,915, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVE!) CARPET.

The schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, DAVID HIRSGHBERG, of the city of Baltimore, countyofBaltimore,.and State of Maryland, have invented a newand useful LeatherCarpet; and I do hereby declare the following to be `an exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecifiafter having been passed through the holes of iig; 1

arel firmly clinched in the centre by being pressed or stamped with -acircular tool.

Figure 8 shows the pieces put together, forming a carpet of any lengthor width required, and in various colors.

The nature of my invention consists in the shape and construction ofthetwo pieces, one being square, with apertures at equidistauces apart, andthe other with projections, having square heads oneach projection, thepieces being stamped (or cut by a proper tool) out of Waste-pieces ofleather, of any color, so

that when put together, form a cheap, elastic, and very serviceablecarpet.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, .Iwill proceed to describe the mode of constructing it.

WVitl'i a die or tool madefor the purpose, or with a common knife orscissors, I tirst cut the square piece {tig} 1) of leather, and punch.four holes, A A, through it, and, for the sake of economy, I can usesmall scraps or pieces of waste-leather, if I think propel'.

Each piece is cut threefquartcrs of an inch square, more or less. I-then cut another piece of leather,

somewhat rounding, as seen at iig. 2, with projections B B,eachprojection B having a square head, C.

I force' four of these heads C through the four apertures A A, and thenclinch them or press them together on the under side of the squarepiece, as shown at fig. 7, each piece being stamped or cut aboutthreequarters of an inch in size, more or less.

The pieces can be put together by children, and by hand, and a cheap anddurable carpet can be made, of any required dimensions.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent,is

The construction of the two pieces of leather, figs. 1 and 2, by which acarpet is made, of any size or dimensions, and of any color orappropriate pattern, as herein described.

DAVID HIRSGHBERG.

Witnesses: p

J. FRANKLIN RIEGART,

EDM. F. BROWN'.

